That won’t make whoever asked for the order of protection feel very safe, said Chattanooga Democrat Rep. Tommie Brown. What would stop someone from turning over the weapons to his or her best friend, and then “knocking on the door at 3 a.m. (to say) ‘I just need one,’” asked Brown.

The original bill required that the guns be turned over to law enforcement, but a compromise with the Tennessee Firearms Association removed all that language, said Nashville Republican Rep. Beth Harwell, the sponsor of the bill. Now, the bill reads that the guns would simply be turned over to a third party.